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MISSION, Kan., May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ (Family Features) When Judie Burrows, an adventurous, retired teacher, broke her hip during a bicycle accident, her family trusted the doctors and the hospital. They were not worried about a routine hip surgery. I didn t realize at the time that we should have worried, even though this was a routine procedure, said her son, Steve Burrows. We thought all hospitals were basically the same.
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Burrows, who produced the award-winning HBO documentary Bleed Out recounting his mother s story, points to an option like the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade as how his family might have compared hospital safety.
I’m Carolina A. Miranda, arts and urban design columnist at the Los Angeles Times, and it’s the weekend which means it’s time for the week’s essential culture news.
According to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, the National Film Registry needs more Latinx movies.
For the unfamiliar, the registry is a list of “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant films” picked by the Library of Congress’ National Film Preservation Board. The 775-movie list is intended to encapsulate America’s film heritage and history. It includes movies like “The Wizard of Oz,” “North by Northwest” and “Die Hard.”
It also only includes 17 Latinx films “La Bamba,” “Stand and Deliver” and “Buena Vista Social Club” among them.
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus doesn’t think this is enough. In January, it petitioned that “Selena” be added to the registry. Last week, it followed up with a list of 25 other films (that’s the number of movies added each year by the board) it believes “reflect the diversity of Latino identities, histories, geographies, and political perspectives.” You can see the full list here.
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Every Sunday at 2 p.m., a group of community members meets (in a socially distanced manner) on the corner of Folsom and Indiana streets, near the invisible boundary between East Los Angeles and Boyle Heights, to discuss the future of a bunya pine tree.
The tree El Pino, as it’s affectionately known by the community is well known for its role in the 1993 crime drama “Blood In, Blood Out,” but to the people of East L.A. it has more communal significance than international recognition. This is where people come together.
Miguel Paredes, an organizer who was born in East L.A. and grew up in Elysian Valley, says El Pino is “the symbol of this community.” East L.A. native Michael Lopez, a roofer and videographer, says the tree is “more of a sign of love” than merely a movie star.